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Include the use flag in '''nvidia''' in <code>/etc/[[make.conf]]</code> so due to applications that make use of this advantage may withdraw. | Include the use flag in '''nvidia''' in <code>/etc/portage/[[make.conf]]</code> so due to applications that make use of this advantage may withdraw. | ||
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Revision as of 14:31, October 18, 2016
NVIDIA Linux Display Drivers
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Introduction
NVIDIA have proprietary graphics drivers for Linux under binary blob. The alternative open source driver is x11-drivers/xf86-video-nouveau.
If you installed debian-sources with the binary USE flag you will need to blacklist the nouveau module
# echo "blacklist nouveau" >> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf
Preparing to Install
Hardware compatibility and driver versions
Currently, there are five versions of meta NVIDIA Linux drivers, each of which supports a specific group of GPUs. To check the type of driver that is related to your video card, check out the official page of the NVIDIA complete list of supported GPUs.
The required kernel options
[*] Enable loadable module support
[*] MTRR (Memory Type Range Register) support
Device Drivers --->
Graphics support --->
<*> Support for frame buffer devices --->
<> NVIDIA Framebuffer Support
<> NVIDIA Riva support
An alternative is to uvesafb framebuffer, or vesa framebuffer which can be installed in parallel with nvidia-drivers
Installation
Upgrade and/or configure VIDEO_CARDS variable to nvidia in /etc/portage/make.conf. This will serve to while you are installing the Server X, the correct version of nvidia-drivers to be provided for you.
root # nano /etc/portage/make.conf VIDEO_CARDS="nvidia"
Installing to the driver with the option in gtk use flags will make it installed the media-video/nvidia-settings which is a graphical tool for monitoring and various settings for your video card
Emerging the package
root # emerge x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers
When the installation is complete run modprobe nvidia module to read kernel memory.
root # lsmod | grep nvidia
If an update before remove the old module
root # rmmod nvidia root # modprobe nvidia
Testing your Video Card
To test your video card run the glxinfo program, which is part of the mesa-progs package. This will check if direct rendering is enabled.
user $ glxinfo | grep direct user $ direct rendering: yes
Configuring
Loading at boot
To automate the loading of the module when you boot your system, add nvidia in modules variable.
root # nano /etc/conf.d/modules modules="nvidia"
Integration with X Server
When your X server is installed find, and there's /etc/X11/xorg.conf you can run the nvidia-xconfig which will set in xorg.conf to identify the video card among other possible configurations.
root # nvidia-xconfig
/etc/X11/xorg.conf Section "Device"
Identifier "nvidia"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
BoardName "[Name] [Model]"
EndSection
Enabling NVIDIA Support
Include the use flag in nvidia in /etc/portage/make.conf so due to applications that make use of this advantage may withdraw.
root # nano /etc/portage/make.conf USE="nvidia"
Enabling OpenGL/OpenCL
As a requirement, make sure that the Xorg server is not in use during this change. To enable OpenGL and OpenCL.
root # eselect opengl set nvidia root # eselect opencl set nvidia